Five for Friday: Horrible Sister, Godzilla, War Across the River

CHICAGO, IL (May 16, 2014)—Many Covenanters routinely share links to social media articles and videos with one another that Covenant News Service believes may be of interest to others. Each Friday we post five of them. Following is a sample of those submissions—their inclusion does not represent an endorsement of any views expressed.

I generally find it annoying when movie critics declare a film released in May to be one of the year’s best and a sure-fire Oscar contender. Most don’t even get nominated. That said, if there were a Top Five list of Five for Friday links, this one would make that list.

From the Christianity Today reviewer who says the film is a fun blockbuster: “Godzilla is the weirdest Christ figure I’ve ever seen. I’ll avoid spoilers, but suffice it to say that the movie honestly portrays a giant lizard with blue atomic breath as a divine figure. … The tagline for church marketing could be ‘Godzilla, even less safe than Aslan!’”

I confess that I was once irritated by #8 and still sort of am. But now, when I see it, I just turn back to reading the Bible in the browser on my iPhone. Clicking on the ESPN tab is just an … er… accident.

This is an emotionally powerful telling of what is happening in Central African Republic. Although the web designers went a bit overboard on the graphics, it’s definitely worth working through. In the next several weeks we will be following up on how this situation is affecting areas in which the Covenant and Congo Covenant Churches minister.

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Cathy is the managing editor of the Covenant Companion. She lives in Chicago and hates driving so much that she bikes to work even when it's 20 degrees and snowing. She blogs with seven other Covenant women at theoloqui.net and recently acquired an English mastiff puppy named Helmut.